Hi guys how to put ordinal numbers in the day?

[tetsuphyxia]

new SimpleDateFormat("d").format(new java.util.Date())

this is my expression and i want to put ordinal numbers in the day

[C-Box]

you mean to get the number of your resulting String??? .... something like

Integer.parseInt(new SimpleDateFormat("d").format(new java.util.Date()))[/code]

??

regards

C-Box

[tetsuphyxia]

I want to show the ordinal like 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th beacuase i was making a certificate in jasper report

for example the day tomorrow is 12 so i want to display 12th 

[joseng62]

Hi tetsuphyxia, 
So I looked into if there is a current lib that can assist you with this, but my search has resulted with no given lib, execpt that you would need to write a custom class to handle this for you. 
Seem that SimpleDateFormat or DateTimeFormatter would not be able to give you your final annswer. 

So write that jar which would return a result, deploy jar to you're jasperstudio, call you class in a textfield and pass the new SimpleDateFormat("d").format(new java.util.Date() to you jar. 
Seems to be the only way. 

Hope this helps
Best of luck

[tetsuphyxia]

Thank you for the response sir. Im just a newbee in jasperstudio :) Do you have screenshot or examples how to do that?

[C-Box]

You won't need any external library nor a scriptlet or tools class.....

Here an quick and dirty solution 

1. Create a report variable e.g. named "DayAsInt"  that just returns the day of the month as Integer with that as variable expression  (just to shorten the next step a bit):

Integer.parseInt(new SimpleDateFormat("d").format(new java.util.Date()))[/code]

2. Create a second String variable e.g named "OrdDay" with that as variable expression (looks complex but is just a simple If-Then-Else concat way):

$V{DayAsInt} == 1 ||  $V{DayAsInt} ==21 || $V{DayAsInt} ==  31?  $V{DayAsInt}+"st" : $V{DayAsInt} == 2 || $V{DayAsInt} == 22 ? $V{DayAsInt}+"nd" : $V{DayAsInt} == 3  || $V{DayAsInt} == 23 ? $V{DayAsInt}+"rd" : $V{DayAsInt} + "th"[/code]

In your textfields you can now use that second concated String variable $V{OrdDay}  

of course the charme of a tools class would be easier for reuse that logic in multiple reports without defining those two variables again... but for a first quick-and-dirty way it probably works  :-)

Hth + regards

C-Box

[tetsuphyxia]

Hello C-box i tried your suggestion, I created a two variable which is DayAsint and OrdDay then i called the ordDay variable in my textfield but the output was null

[tetsuphyxia]

when i tried the Integer.parseInt(new SimpleDateFormat("d").format(new java.util.Date())) the out put is d14 

[C-Box]

Hmmm something you are doing wrong... I just created a test with the EXACT suggested expressions by my first post:

Works like a charm:

see JRXML attached.

hth + regards

C-Box

[tetsuphyxia]

Thank you for the help guys specially C-Box, it works now bro haha last time the reset type of my variable was Report so i changed it to none and it works. Thanks 

[C-Box]

You're welcome - fine that it is working now!

regards + have a nice day!

C-Box